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Tracking Trump

Still reeling from multiple failed attempts by the Republican-controlled Congress to torpedo the Affordable Care Act from the top down — through legislative action — President Trump today signed an Executive Order aimed at undercutting his predecessor’s signature law from the bottom up, through the markets.

Meanwhile, federal agencies charged with implementing Obamacare continue to churn out final rules that delineate the everyday practical and administrative details of the law. That is, the ongoing federal agency rulemaking process is effectively entrenching the law even as politicians seek to undermine it. Looking at the Affordable Care Act Rulemaking Tracker on Lexis Securities Mosaic, we can see no fewer than 14 such final rules (by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Department of the Treasury) passed over the past three months. (Click the “Show search filters” expander and select “Final Rule” under Action Type.) The most recent was released last week.

Securities Mosaic is a great resource for tracking both sides of this push and pull. In addition to utilizing current awareness tools like the Affordable Care Act Tracker, a Securities Mosaic user can, for example, pull the actual bills presented to Congress to repeal or dismantle – or, for that matter, defend and reinforce – Obamacare. If you have access to Securities Mosaic, you can click here to see the results of that search. You can also set up an email alert to track future such actions going forward.